I did a dogpile search and there are a few of
these. Stanley has one that measures up to 40'. Leica Disto has them
from a max of 60M - 197ft ($229 list) to 200M - 656 ft($995 list) Bob Mark Blackwell wrote: Well I never thought about that use but one of those laser tape measures from any home improvement store would give you the footage and probably inches to a subject so you could set the distance to subject from the dial on the lens. --- On Sun, 10/19/08, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:From: lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: [SPAM] Re: DIY photo equipment To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 7:03 AM By coincidence a friend showed me his laser focus aid Sunday. It is a green astronomy pointer that he says is useful for doing dim interiors. Got it from Amazon. It is a passive device not a detector or measuring gadget. I'd like to see a measuring device that works at larger distances than 100' I need it to set footage scale for camera with no viewfinder. AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SPAM] Re: DIY photo equipment From: rush rouge <pixelrouge@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, October 19, 2008 7:41 am To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals -Students<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 3:03 AM, karl shah-jenner<shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:*a laser focussing aid for macro and large formatphotography (it can beused on any camera) * a two / three beam pulsed infrared cameratrigger - so say when the flyis precisely *here* in the frame (and 2 beams arebroken) the camera goesoff or, when something cat height walks throughthis precise spot thecamera fires, but not if something dog heightwalks through. (I reallyshould use this thing more too!)hmmn , this should be a very useful DIY for me... Isthere a possiblity ofhaving more info on this one ??? Regards Rush__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |